<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The aim of the paper is to analyse the role of word­formation motivation in child’s language development. The character of the research problem requires a transdisciplinary approach. For this reason, the author looks back on derivational theories as well as on researches of applied linguistics in Slovakia and abroad. Analysis of the relation between word­formation motivation and language development is based on author’s empirical findings on the children’s nonce words, the role of word­formation motivation in the development of the child’s cognitive and linguistic abilities and in the comprehension of an instructional text. The paper consists of: 1) the analysis of theoretical background from the point of view of derivatology as well as of applied linguistics; 2) the analysis of relevant research findings and the clarification of relationship between particular aspects of this topic; 3) the discussion about the functions of word­formation motivation in child’s language development confronting the author’s findings with the findings of other researches in this field.</p></abstract>

The aim of the paper is to analyse the role of word­formation motivation in child’s language development. The character of the research problem requires a transdisciplinary approach. For this reason, the author looks back on derivational theories as well as on researches of applied linguistics in Slovakia and abroad. Analysis of the relation between word­formation motivation and language development is based on author’s empirical findings on the children’s nonce words, the role of word­formation motivation in the development of the child’s cognitive and linguistic abilities and in the comprehension of an instructional text. The paper consists of: 1) the analysis of theoretical background from the point of view of derivatology as well as of applied linguistics; 2) the analysis of relevant research findings and the clarification of relationship between particular aspects of this topic; 3) the discussion about the functions of word­formation motivation in child’s language development confronting the author’s findings with the findings of other researches in this field.

Slovotvorná Motivácia V Jazykovom Vývine Dieťaťa

Journal of Linguistics/Jazykovedný casopis

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The aim of the paper is to analyse the role of word­formation motivation in child’s language development. The character of the research problem requires a...

Slovotvorná Motivácia V Jazykovom Vývine Dieťaťa

Published Online: Mar 12, 2019

Page range: 600 - 615

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/jazcas-2019-0036

Keywords
wordformation, motivation, language development, child, applied linguistics, educational linguistics

© 2018 Ľudmila Liptáková, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Slovotvorná Motivácia V Jazykovom Vývine Dieťaťa

Published Online: Mar 12, 2019

Page range: 600 - 615

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/jazcas-2019-0036

Keywordsword­formation, motivation, language development, child, applied linguistics, educational linguistics

© 2018 Ľudmila Liptáková, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Keywords
wordformation, motivation, language development, child, applied linguistics, educational linguistics